{"id":308063,"date":"2024-03-06T10:48:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T16:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=308063"},"modified":"2024-03-07T00:02:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T06:02:32","slug":"california-allows-non-physicians-abortions-supervision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/california-allows-non-physicians-abortions-supervision\/","title":{"rendered":"California expands allowances for non-doctors to commit abortions without supervision"},"content":{"rendered":"
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California, one of the most pro-abortion states in the country, is expanding abortion even further. Currently, physician assistants (PAs), along with licensed nurses\/midwives and nurse practitioners, can commit abortions in California \u2014 but they will now be able do so without a physician supervising<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In 2013, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation<\/a> allowing non-physicians to commit abortions; in 2022, a bill was passed allowing nurse practitioners<\/a> (NPs) to commit abortions without doctor oversight.<\/p>\n

Images below may be disturbing to readers.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Now, women will also be able to undergo abortions committed by PAs without a doctor’s supervision. Jeremy Meis, president-elect of the California Academy of Physician Associates, told the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a> that this will mean “fewer barriers, and shorter wait times for this essential service.”<\/p>\n

The “essential service”:<\/p>\n

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Photo of 10-week aborted baby: Reddit user brazen 177<\/p><\/div>\n

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Aborted baby at 10 to 12 weeks; face, skull tissue, eyes, spinal column, and ribs can be clearly seen.<\/p><\/div>\n

The American Medical Association (AMA), which otherwise supports abortion<\/a>, is strongly opposed to this, denouncing it as \u201cscope creep:” legislation allowing non-physicians, like PAs, to perform medical procedures without a doctor overseeing them. \u201cOur policy stance is the same on scope of practice expansion regardless of procedure,\u201d Kelly Jakubek, the AMA\u2019s media relations manager, said.<\/p>\n

One PA is already training to take advantage of this new law at Planned Parenthood Pasadena & San Gabriel Valley. “I just think it\u2019s really important to be able to provide a comfortable, safe, and very effective way to terminate a pregnancy for patients,” the PA, who remained anonymous, said.<\/p>\n

Not only can this PA commit abortions on her own, but she is also able to train<\/strong> other PAs \u2014\u00a0another feature of the new law.<\/p>\n